Crossword

Put down your trowel, pick up a pen and exercise those brain muscles instead…

ACROSS

1 Bright, sunny-coloured summer blooms belonging to the tagetes genus (9) 7 Formal name for gorse (4) 8 Slender thread-like stem that twines round a support (7) 9 __ tinctoria is better known as woad (6)

10 Pittosporum ‘__ Paterson’ provides year-round colour (5)

11 Genus of aquatic perennials commonly called waterlily (8)

14 __ plant is one of many names for Dictamnus albus (3)

16 Its cheerful yellow blooms flourish in the lawn (9)

19 Cycas revoluta, or __ palm, is an exotic ornamental plant (4)

20 1 across also refers to plants belonging to this genus (9)

21 Organic material that makes a useful bulky mulch (4)

22 Type of bean used as the basis of high-protein foods (3)

23 __ flannel is a common name for Verbascum thapsus (5)

DOWN

1 Set up a capillary __ system to ensure plants have enough water while you’re on holiday (7)

2 It’s time to plant well-rooted strawberry __ into new beds (7)

3 __ jasminoides is commonly called Cape Jasmine (8)

4 Popular genus of bulbs with flowers shaped like trumpets, funnels or Turk’s caps (6) 5 Stag’s horn __ is a name for

Rhus typhina (6) 6 Summer-dormant bulb also known as Bowden lily (6)

12 Genus of blooms with large, showy bowl-shaped flowers (7)

13 Sow hardy __ in sunny spots to provide early summer colour next year (7)

15 The pineapple genus (6) 16 Large-leaved weeds hard to eradicate from the garden (5)

17 Clematis ‘__ Moser’ has palepink petals with darker stripes (5)

18 __ hookeri is a perennial with hairy stems and yellow blooms (5)